Pooling

Grid pooling correctly implemented and verified.

The term “pooling” refers to the simultaneous billing of several withdrawal points by one and the same grid user.

The billing-relevant power peak results from the simultaneous power of all pooled power values in contrast to the withdrawal at each individual withdrawal point.

This leads to a reduction in the peak load used for billing purposes, as this peak load is generally lower than the sum of the individual peak loads per withdrawal point. Pooling thus lowers the cost of the annual capacity charge to be paid.

Pooling as per § 17 para. 2a StromNEV applies if:

(Nr. 1) it is used by the same grid user (end consumer or distributor),
(Nr. 2) it is connected to the electricity supply network of the same grid operator,
(Nr. 3) it is located at the same grid or transformer level, and
(Nr. 4, 1. Alt.) it is either part of the same grid node or (Nr. 4, 2. Alt.) is connected to the electricity supply network via a customer-side galvanic connection.

According to Section 2 No. 11 StromNEV, a grid node is defined as a spatially confined part of an electricity supply grid that is located in a structurally related area and consists of:

A substation, a transformer facility, a transformer station, a local network station, or a switchgear, or
another transfer point with a galvanic connection comparable to the cases mentioned in letter a, to which one or more withdrawal points are connected.

Our services for you

Together with our partners, we provide an analysis and evaluation of your network usage at all locations and take care of all processes with the network operators and the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).

In combination with our smart metering, you also have access to your energy data at any time and can compare how your network load behaves within and outside the peak load time window.

Analysis and comparison of today’s network usage costs
Installation of acteno smart metering nationwide
Coordination and communication for the conversion of billing with the respective network operators
Reporting for energy billing control
Invoice verification together with partners

For whom?

Customers who are currently individually measured and billed according to standard load profiles (SLP) can be combined through pooling into a virtual metering point with rLM (registered power measurement) metering and rLM billing. The prerequisite is that the individual measurements are now performed as rLM.

Customers with two or more withdrawal points.

In this case, the aggregated peak load is lower or equal to the sum of the peak loads considered individually.

Commercial
Industrial
Agricultural
Properties for general electricity consumption
Retail
Gastronomy

Legal foundations

Excerpt from the Law – § 17 StromNEV: Link